www.GirlScouts.org Whoo’s Sleepy Travel Pillow Amélie Scott Designs Dear Girl Scout, I’m glad you decided to make the Whoo’s Sleepy Travel Pillow. is a great skill to have, because you can make so many different things for your room and more. Plus, it is fun to get together with your friends and make cool stuff. Have fun! -- Katie Amélie

Finished size: 14” x 17” Getting Started Supplies Other supplies: Fabrics from the Robert Kaufman Girl Scouts® • 12 oz. Bag of stuffing or poly-fill Fabric Collection: • Fusible web like Wonder Under, or Heat and • For the pillow & pillow case Bond Lite • 2 fat quarters for pillow • Rotary cutter, mat, and ruler • 1/3 yard for body of the pillowcase • 1/8 yard accent strip on the pillowcase Overview • 1/3 yard for outer strip of the pillowcase There are three easy steps to this project: • For the (optional) owl applique 1. Cutting the fabric • 5” square of orange fabric 2. Making the pillow • 5” square of yellow fabric 3. Making the pillow case (with optional appliqué) • 5” square of purple fabric

Step 1 -- Cutting Fabric

Katie Tip: Squaring up your fabric is real important. When you’re reading the next instructions, remember that the is the white edge with the words and/or tiny holes.

Squaring your fabric -- Fold the fabric, so that the down the cutting mat, but I think it’s easier to turn the selvage sides are together at the top, and the fold is main pieces so that the long side is running left to at the bottom (the selvage is the edge of the fabric right. Then, I just move my ruler over however many with a white edge, writing, and/or tiny little holes). inches the diagram shows for the sub-cut, and make Iron out any wrinkles. the cut. That way, I don’t have to reach so far up Lay the fabric on the cutting mat, with the fold on one the cutting mat. of the horizontal lines. If the left edge is not straight with one of the vertical lines, cut the left just a tiny bit Cutting the pillow 18" so that it is. Repeat with the right edge, if needed. pieces -- Cut the Scrap Now your fabric is squared and will be much easier pillow fabric 15” x 18” as to work with. shown in Diagram A. 15" Diagram A Cutting WOF -- When you see something like “cut For the main body of pillow 12” x WOF” in a , it means “cut a strip 12” by case, cut 12” x WOF, and sub-cut to a 12” x 33” the width of the fabric.” Here’s how you do that: like rectangle. before, if your fabric isn’t already folded, fold the fabric so that the two selvage edges are together. For the accent strip, cut 2” x WOF, and sub-cut to a Lay the fabric on the cutting mat, with the fold on one 2” x 33” rectangle. of the horizontal lines. Measure from the left edge of the fabric, and cut. For the outer strip, cut 12” x WOF, and sub-cut to a 12” x 33” rectangle. Katie Tip: To make sub-cuts, you can leave your main cut pieces with the long side running up and Set all pieces aside.

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Step 2 -- Making the Pillow

Put the two 15” x 18” clip (cut off) the corner rectangles right sides Turn the pillow right-side out. Use a chopstick, the together. a 1/2” end of a small paintbrush, or something similar to around all four Seam poke the corners so they are pointy. sides, leaving a 6” opening on one of the 6" gap Press the pillow, making sure the fabric by the seams short sides. Clip the doesn’t get folded inward. Stuff the pillow with the corners. (See Diagram B.) wrong side bag of stuffing. the opening closed. of fabric Katie Tip: Clipping the Katie Tip: A whip-stitch is just a hand stitch that corners will help the pillow clip (cut off) closes up the hole. It doesn’t have to be fancy or lay flat when you turn it the corner pretty. Just make sure your matches the color right-side out. If you don’t, Diagram B of your fabric, and that you have a sharp needle. the extra fabric will bunch up and you’ll Make sure you put a good knot at the end of your have a lumpy pillow. thread.

Step 3 -- Making Pillow Case

Attaching the body and accent strip -- Place the 2” main fabric accent strip on top of the 12” main body strip, with accent strip the long (33”) edges lined up and right sides together. in place, and sew together using a 1/2” seam. zig-zag stitch Zig-zag stitch along the very edge of the fabric, so that the seam doesn’t unravel when it gets washed. (See Diagram C.) Press the seam toward the main body fabric. Set aside for now. Diagram C

Adding the Owl (optional) Place the glue side of the Heat & Bond Lite on the Owl Placement -- Take the purple fabric. Press with an iron set on “wool” for Crease about 6-8 seconds. Cut out the owl. Repeat this 12” x 33” outer strip, and press in half lines lengthwise to make a crease. Open process with the eyes, beak, and feet. it up. Now, press a 1/2” seam all around the strip. Open the pressed Now, arrange the pieces onto the outer strip as seams. You will now have a 1/2” shown in Diagram D. Tuck the feet under the body a crease all around the strip, and a bit. When the owl is the way you like it, press in crease going down the center as place. shown in Diagram D. This will help you place the owl in the correct spot. Stitching Around the Owl -- If your has a , you can machine stitch around Making and attaching the owl -- the purple part of the owl. Or, you could practice Cut a 5” piece of Heat & Bond Lite. some hand by Trace the body of the owl onto the using a blanket stitch with paper part of the Heat & Bond Lite, embroidery thread, as using a Sharpie marker. shown in Diagram E. Diagram D Katie Tip: Taping the owl picture to a bright window can help you trace it on the Heat & Bond. Diagram E

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Attaching the Outer Strip Turn the pillow Marking the outer strip -- If you case right side Crease out. Using the added the appliqué owl, skip this step. lines center crease Take the 12” x 33” outer strip, and Pin and stitch here press in half lengthwise to make a line, fold the crease. Open it up. Now, press a 1/2” outer strip in seam all around the strip. Open the half. Carefully pressed seams. You will now have a pin in place on 1/2” crease all around the strip, and a the outside of Right sides of fabric the pillow, crease going down the center as Diagram H shown in Diagram E. making sure to catch the folded part on the inside. Stitch just a bit to the right of the accent strip on the outer strip. See Diagram H. Attaching the outer and accent strips -- Place the pillow case body Put the pillow inside the pillowcase and enjoy your (from the beginning of this step), and new Whoo’s Sleepy Travel Pillow! Diagram E the 12” outer strip on top of the 2” accent strip, with the 33” edges lined up. If you have an owl We at Amélie Scott Designs are always interested in on the outer strip, the owl seeing completed projects, so if you care to share, should be closer to the please email a picture of you and your quilt to 1/2" seam [email protected]. We will put your picture in outer edge, as shown in Contrast strip Diagram F. (under outer strip) our online gallery at www.ameliescott.com.

Pin in place and stitch a Now, enjoy! 1/2” seam. Zig-zag 33" ©2009, All rights reserved stitch the outer edge of Amélie Scott Designs main body - www.ameliescott.com the seam like you did right side before. Press the seam side wrong - strip Outer toward the outer strip.

Fold the pillow case so that the two short sides are together, and Diagram F stitch around the bottom and side, leaving the side with the outer strip unstitched, as shown in Diagram G. Use a 1/2” . Clip the corner to Wrong sides remove bulk. Zig- of fabric zag the short, raw edge of the seam at the bottom. Press the side seam open, 1/2" seam then zig-zag each side of the raw edge. clip the corner Diagram G

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